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Chapter 83 Rare and Famous Wood

"Haha... Mr. Wen is really good at joking!" The person in charge obviously heard Wen Fei's self-talk and laughed. [Training Queen]

Wen Fei was surprised. It seemed that the habit of talking to himself was really bad. He must correct it in the future!

"Furniture has been heating up in the Ming and Qing dynasties over the years, especially some precious woods such as rosewood, yellow rosewood, etc...."

"Ah!" Wen Fei suddenly screamed, interrupting the person in charge, and even scared him, stood up happily, wishing he could run back to the Northern Song Dynasty immediately.

The person in charge was dissatisfied and felt that Wen Fei was a little ill-minded. However, seeing that Wen Fei was a customer's face, it was not easy to care about it. He just heard Wen Fei ask loudly: "So how is the price of golden nanmu? I'm talking about a whole piece."

The person in charge is quite familiar with Chinese antiques and smiled and said, "It depends on whether it is large or small. If it is large, it will naturally be valuable!"

Wen Fei heard that there was a door! Don’t forget that last time Cai Jing said he wanted to give himself a house built with golden nanmu! The things like golden nanmu in later generations were naturally extremely rare, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was really nothing: "What if I hug such a thick nanmu?" Wen Fei gestured.

The person in charge smiled in surprise and said, "That's a priceless treasure. You must know that this kind of wood grows extremely slowly. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the large materials had been cut down and the small materials had not yet grown. If you really have them, then if you operate it well, it would be no problem to fry one piece of them until hundreds of millions!"

Wen Fei was overjoyed when he heard this. Grandma's. I didn't expect that this kind of thing is so valuable. I just got three or five of them, but it wasn't all the financial problems solved? But this is just thinking about it. Although there were a lot of golden nanmu in ancient times, it would be difficult to speculate on this price if I made too many! At most, it was only two or three.

After thinking about it, Wen Fei ran back to Hyundai in a hurry and directly asked Cai Jing's guy to come to ask for golden nanmu.

It’s a pity that such a large wood has been transported from places like Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei and Guang. With such a tragic traffic situation in the Northern Song Dynasty, transporting a large wood to Tokyo City was at least a few months away, but I didn’t even think about it.

Wen Fei was stunned for a moment, and finally found a large piece of rosewood from the prison. It was as thick as a hug. It caused a sensation when brought to Hong Kong.

You should know that this thing is extremely precious. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been believed that rosewood is one of the most precious woods. It is mostly used as materials for carriages, musical instruments, high-end furniture and other exquisite utensils. It is recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty imperial court used rosewood to purchase it in southern China at first, but later due to insufficient wood, it sent personnel to go to Southeast Asia to purchase it regularly. Therefore, a lot of rosewood was stored. Because rosewood grew slowly, it could not be made into a ingredient for hundreds of years. The rosewood in Southeast Asia was almost completely harvested by the Ming Dynasty. In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, most of the rosewood produced in the world gathered in China.

As of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, most of the red sandalwood produced in the world were collected in China. All the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty were collected in the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, people were sent to the South China Sea to pick red sandalwood, but most of them were thick and not full, and the curved joints were not straight. They could not be used at all. This is because red sandalwood grows slowly. It cannot be made into a material for hundreds of years, and it was harvested in the Ming Dynasty. It was not reborn in the Qing Dynasty and its source was exhausted. This is also an important reason why red sandalwood is cherished by the world.

Westerners such as Europe and the United States attach more importance to rosewood than China because they have never seen large rosewood materials and believe that they can only be used as small objects. It is said that there is a five-inch-long red sandalwood coffin model in front of Napoleon's tomb. All visitors are surprised and think it is rare. It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Western missionaries came to China and saw many large rosewood objects that they knew that the red sandalwood elites were in China. So they bought and transported back to China from many sources. Now the rosewood objects circulating in Europe and the United States are basically transported from China. Due to transportation difficulties, they generally do not buy the whole item, but only buy those with patterns such as cabinet doors and box surfaces. After transporting them back, they are equipped with wooden frames for decoration.

Wen Fei went to the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the red sandalwood was still precious, it was not too rare to be harmed by the Ming Dynasty. Wen Fei saw seven or eight in the prison. He chose the largest one and sent it to the auction house for auction, which immediately alarmed the entire Hong Kong Island.

Finally, Wen Fei knew that selling wood was more profitable than any business. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the wood that was basically extinct in later generations, such as these red sandalwood and Hainan yellow rosewood, were basically cut off in the late Ming Dynasty. However, during the Northern Song Dynasty, Hainan was still a barren land where prisoners were crippled. It is conceivable that these precious woods were still waiting for Wen Fei to develop...

What's more, Wen Fei saw another precious wood in the prison, that is, golden nanmu. This wood is very famous and is a rare wood unique to our country, but most people have only heard of it and have never seen it, because since ancient times, golden nanmu has been a royal wood. Historically, golden nanmu is used exclusively for royal palaces, and a few temple buildings and furniture. In ancient feudal emperor dragon throne, the throne of high-quality nanmu was used. If someone uses it without authorization, he would be convicted for overcoming the etiquette system. In both Ming and Qing dynasties, the use of golden nanmu was strictly prohibited from using golden nanmu in buildings other than the royal family.

This kind of wood was almost extinct in the late Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that my glorious Ming Dynasty was like a locust, and it almost made the rare wood in Southeast Asia...

Sotheby's was even more happy when he saw such rare wood auctions. Many times, even if the auction houses are not very profitable, they like to auction sensational and benchmark things. For example, this kind of golden nanmu, which is a royal noble material, is almost extinct.

Foreigners will naturally not be interested in these things. But Chinese at home and abroad are completely crazy. Foreigners don’t understand them, they know how to do it! Such a big wood, if you don’t mention anything else, you can make birthday cakes!

Although cremation is advocated in the mainland, it is said to be buried overseas. This kind of longevity material made of golden nanmu will not rot for thousands of years and will not cause insects or flies. It was originally the best longevity material. In ancient times, those rich and powerful people did not need such a thing to prepare longevity material?

Therefore, as soon as the news of the auction spread, I don’t know how much sensation it caused. Sometimes it takes several months for this kind of auction house to be prepared for the event, mainly for operation. Wen Fei couldn’t wait, so he mortgaged tens of millions from the bank first.

Wen Fei raised enough money, didn't stay in Hong Kong, and did not define business for Ren Lechen at all. So he went back to the mainland, ordered dozens of tons of rebar, and took a car to the Northern Song Dynasty. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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